SSUSH4 US History

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin
• Samuel Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Paul Revere

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What are our natural rights according to Jefferson?  (He got the idea from John Locke, but he changed the last right.)

• Freedom of speech, religion, and press
• Life, liberty, and property
• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• Voting, rebelling, and health

Why was the Declaration of Independence written?

• To stop taxes from the British Empire.
• To make a United States army.
• To gain independence from the British Empire
• To install their own king in America

The List of Grievances were the part of the Declaration that

• detailed the colonists' complaints with King George.
• listed a man's natural rights.
• introduced the Declaration.
• concluded the Declaration, declaring America a free country.

When Gen. Cornwallis surrendered to G. Washington at the Battle of Yorktown, it ended the __________.

• World War
• Revolutionary War

The "turning point in the war". It showed the patriots had a good chance of winning. France decided to ally with the Americans after this battle.

• Battle of Monmouth

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battles of Saratoga

• Battle for New York

1776 battle in New Jersey in which George Washington's troops captured a Hessian encampment in a surprise attack after crossing the Delaware River

• Battle of Monmouth

• Battle of Trenton

• Battles of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle for New York

The last major battle of the Revolutionary War which resulted in the surrender of British forces

• Battle of Monmouth

• Battles of Saratoga

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle for New York

Prussian drill master who taught American soldiers during the winter at Valley Forge how to successfully fight the British.

• Baron von Steuben

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Lord Cornwallis

• Francis Marion

• Henry Clinton

A 19-year-old French nobleman who volunteered to serve in Washington's Army.

• Baron von Steuben

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Lord Cornwallis

• Henry Clinton

• Francis Marion